The Ganga River System : Easy To Learn [Geography]

The Ganga River System

The main waters of the Ganga, called the Gangotri Glacier and joined by the Alaknanda at Devaprayag in Uttaranchal. The Ganga emerges form the mountains on to the plains in Haridwar. Many tributaries from Himalayas joined the Ganga, many of them being major rivers like the Yamuna, the Ghaghara, the Gandav and the Kosi. The river Yamuna originate from the flows parallel to the Ganga. As a right bank, tributary, it meets the Ganga at Allahabad. The other three rivers i.e., The Ghaghara, the Gandak and the Kosi originate from the Nepal Himalayas. Every year these rivers brought floods in some parts of the northern plains, causing widespread damage to life and property but enrich the soil for the extensive agricultural lands.

The Chembal, the Betwa and the Son are the main tributaries, which  come from the peninsular uplands. These rise from semi arid areas. They have shorter course and don't carry much water in them.

Find out how and from where these rivers joins the Ganga. 

                   Ganga enlarged with the water from its right and left bank tributaries, flow eastwards till Farakka in West Bengal. This is the northernmost point of the Ganga delta. Here river bifurcates: the bhagirathi Hooghly (a distributary ) flows southwards through the delta plains to the Bay of Bengal. The mainstream, flows southwards into Bangladesh and joined by the Brahamputra. This stream is known as the Maghna. This biggest river with waters from the Ganga and the Brahamputra, flows into the Bay of Bengal.

These rivers formed delta known as the Sunderban delta.

The Himalayan Rivers and Indus River System[Geography]

The Himalayan Rivers

The Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra are the major Himalayan rivers. These rivers are long, and are joined by many large and important tributaries. A river along with its tributaries is called driver system.

The Indus River System
   The river Indus rises in Tibet, near Lake Mansarowar. Flow towards the west and enters Indian in the Laddakh district of Jammu and Kashmir. River Indus form a picturesque gorge in Jammu and Kashmir. Many tributaries like the Zaskar, the Nubra, The Shyok and the Hunza, join river Indus in the Kasmir region. it flows through Baltistan and Gilgit and emerges from the mountains at Attock. To enter the river Indus the Jhelum and the Chenab join togather near Mithakot in Pakistan. The Indus flows southwards eventually reaching the Arabian Sea, east of Karachi. Indus plain has very gentle slope. The Indus is one of the longest rivers of the world with a total length of 2900km. More than one third of the Indus basin is located in the states of Jammu and Kasmir, Himachal Pradesh and the Punjab in India and the rest in Pakistan.

Drainage and Drainage System in India - [Geography]

Drainage

The word Drainage describe or explain the river system of an area, Many small streams flowing from different directions came together to form a main river. This river ultimately drains into a large water body such as a ocean, sea or a lake The are which is drained by a single river system is called Drainage Basin. The two drainage basins is separated by any elevated area, such as a mountain or an upland. Such an upland is known as a water divide.

Drainage System In India

The broad relief features of the subcontinent i.e, India mainly controlled by the drainage system of India. The Indian rivers are divided into two major groups; The Himalayan rivers and The Peninsular rivers.

The Himalayan and Peninsular rivers are different from each other in many ways Apart from originating from the two major physiography regions of India. Many of the Himalayan rivers are perennial because they have water throughout the year. Water from rain and the melted snow from the lofty mountains are the main source of water of these rivers. The Indus and the Brahmaputra are two major Himalayan rivers originate from the north of the mountains ranges. They have cut through the mountains making gorges. These rivers have long course they perform intensive erosional activity and carry huge loads of silt and send. These rivers form meanders, oxbow, lakes, and many other dispositional features in the middle and the lower courses, in the floodplains. They also formed well-developed deltas. Most Of Peninsular rivers are seasonal as they mainly depend on rainfall. In dry season, even large rivers have reduced flow of water in their Channels. As compared to the Himalayan rivers these rivers have shorter and shallower highland and flow towards the west. Most of the peninsular rivers originate from the Western Ghats and flow towards the Bay of Bengal.